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The boat interior is sporting a fresh coat of Awlgrip 545 in white.
Spraying this in my garage was not fun. As you can see there is very little room and trying to get gunnel was difficult. This is not an issue since it is primer. The topcoat will be done in my friends shop with lots of room and lots of light. I'll spend this week sanding and prepping to hope to find a day in very near future to shoot it with Awlgrip Insignia White - the same color I gelocoated the hull with. It's just a little whiter than the Mako color and looks cleaner.
BOE came through with a new bronze tilted element transducer and it arrived today.
Used the holesaw and made the hole. The glass in the bottom of the boat is pretty thick. This is just over 5/8" thick and uniform over the bottom.
Installed...
I had decals made and they are in route. Some of what I've seen on Ebay have the sharks pointed the wrong way. This way they will face the bow on both sides. Anyone who wants the name of the guy just email me. He will customize size, shape, color numbers, etc..
Cushions were to have blacking piping, but when I went to pick them up they had white, but the price was $50 cheaper. I'm liking the white.
Rob came through on some stuff ordered thru Raybo Marine - great person to deal with! Here is the Sierra bracket with the Racor filter and clear bowl. I was surprised at how heavy the bracket is.
I was unable to get
the boat to by buddies shop, so rather than wait any longer, I did the final
sanding and initial wipe down with prep-sol after cleaning the garage and using
the leaf blower to blast it all out.
I used plastic to cover the walls and from the gunnel down on the boat. This
plastic is nice because it is corona treated which traps the dust and also has
clings to the boat hull. I have a dust filter to put in one window and a large
fan to put in another to get my ventilation. I'll probably have to run the heat
in the garage as well, temps are a little cool right now. I think she get
squirted tonight.
